Title: Process Engineer III
Location: Redmond, WA
Duration: 12 months

Description

• We are seeking a detail-oriented, observant, and self-motivated Process Engineer to join our dynamic team at Client's Reality Labs.
• The successful candidate will be responsible for the execution, development, and optimization of innovative physicochemical processes that are core to delivering transformative optical materials for AR/VR applications.
• You will join an agile team that is laser-focused on incubating winning prototypes and establishing new process capabilities with supply-chain partners.
• This role involves hands-on laboratory work, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and contributing to continuous process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Handle, prepare, and process organic materials and solutions in a laboratory setting, while observing all safety protocols.
• Implement complex standard operating procedures with precision and efficiency, remaining attentive to detail to detect subtle differences that impact process effectiveness.
• Design experiments to evaluate process feasibility and optimize process parameters.
• Identify and resolve issues in electromechanical systems and equipment used in laboratory processes, involving collaboration with engineering teams.
• Collect, document, and analyze data from laboratory experiments and processes; prepare reports and present findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to material innovation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• 4+ years of experience in process development.
• Laboratory experience in handling organic chemicals and solvents, and use of relevant laboratory equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to perform design of experiment (DOE) and data analysis.
• Excellent data handling, documentation, and organization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in relevant degree with background in process development.
• Knowledge of organic chemistry, crystallization process, and transport phenomena.
• Experience with optical metrology and refractive index measurements, e.g. prism coupler.
• Experience with slicing, dicing of a material using diamond wire saw.
• Experience with polishing with mechanical/chemical polishing methods.
• Automating lab equipment using LabVIEW or Java/Python codes.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 63.15/hr.